Thomas Hirschhorn

thomas hirschhorn lecture at royal college of art, london

11 March 2014

The last in the Visual Cultures Lecture Series from Royal College of Art in London is by Swiss-born artist Thomas Hirschhorn. Hirschhorn creates mixed-media installations, often using everyday materials such as cardboard, foil and duct tape, juxtaposed with found imagery of violent scenes and pornography.

Hirschhorn previously worked in a group of political graphic artists in 1980s Paris which influenced his use of common materials as a political statement. With each exhibition - in museums, galleries, alternative spaces - as well as with specific works in public space, he asserts his commitment toward a non-exclusive public. Hirschhorn's work has been shown in numerous museums, galleries and group exhibitions including the Documenta11, 27th Sao Paolo Biennale, the 55th Carnegie International, Pittsburg , the Swiss Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale, La Triennale at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, the 9th Shanghai Biennale, and Gladstone Gallery, New York. A selection of his writings has recently been published by MIT Press in the October Books series, entitled Critical Laboratory: The Writings of Thomas Hirschhorn.

Lectures are free and open to the public. To book please email: visual-cultures@rca.ac.uk

The lecture will take place on Tuesday 11 March at 6.30pm in the Gorvy Lecture Theatre, Dyson Building, 1 Hester Road, London SW11 4AN.